The Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FMEJ) “vigorously” denounced on Saturday the “irresponsible” behavior of the Algerian television channel Echourouk, which broadcast a program attacking the monarchic institution.
“We are in Laayoune for the restructuring of FMEJ sections in the Southern Provinces and we were surprised by the irresponsible behavior of the Algerian television channel Echourouk,” FMEJ president Noureddine Miftah told MAP.
“On behalf of the three sections of the FMEJ in the Sahara and on behalf of the Federation, I vigorously denounce the behavior of this channel which has nothing to do with freedom of speech or satire,” he said.
This so-called satirical program is “pure and simple insolence”. It constitutes a “gross” attack on the dignity and respect due to a Head of State and a “flagrant” violation of ethics and rules of professional conduct, Miftah added.
The FMEJ president deplored the persistence of the Algerian press in its war and its attacks against Morocco “despite the appeal we had recently launched from Laayoune to our Algerian colleagues to stop playing the arsonist.”
“We reiterate our call to them to abandon this nonsense and follow the path of reason to contribute to the integration of the Maghreb and reduce the gap between the countries of the region,” he concluded.
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